That miserable parking garage pilon

...the one you think only idiots hit. It was my turn to be an idiot when I hit one in the garage at low speed after a long day and having parked in an unusual spot. I munched the left fender and part of the bumper. The estimate came in at $1600, wich was about 50% more than I might have expected given that the same shop replaced the rear bumper on the Subie for $600 or so last Winter. It looked like they were under new management, so maybe they had different bidding practices. They were nice enough to yank the fender out of the way of the wheel and put in a bolt to hold the plastic junk underneath out of the way to make it drivable. This was in September maybe.